This season does not belong to the provincial team, but to the national team!
When WE defeated MSF and successfully qualified in Group D as the first in the group, many spectators cried.
After how many years, they finally saw all the LPL teams advance to the quarterfinals as first place in their group!
This time, they went up against the LCK! Well deserved!
All teams qualify as first in the group. This is originally a great joy, so you should be happy.
But the tradition of the LPL is that if we lose, we will bear it together, but if we win, I will go crazy alone!
I will definitely help you find war criminals, but I have to do the pretending thing myself!
"Although EDG and WE are first in the group, the quality of your wins is not high. You have to be RNG to double defeat three stars!"
"Huh? Didn't EDG beat SKT too?"
"My RNG double kills three stars!"
"I WE DEATH GROUP!"
"My RNG double kills three stars!"
"I made it all the way from the WE play-in round to the knockout round and came first in the group!"
"My RNG double kills three stars!"
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In the eyes of RNG fans, losing to G2 is just a tactic, and a record like double defeating three stars is a real manifestation of strength!
As a result, they suffered a serious blow!
In the quarterfinals, they directly drew SKT!
On the night after the game, the draw ceremony for the quarterfinals began.
After the tense drawing session ended, the top eight matches were also listed.
EDG was assigned to the top half, and the quarterfinals faced Samsung!
Also in the top half with them are Dragon Ball and Little Rabbit.
WE and RNG are both in the bottom half, and their opponents are FNC and SKT respectively!
As soon as the result of the lottery came out, it just verified the saying, pretend to be the most ruthless, and draw the worst lot.
Just come up with whatever you want!
There are four teams in the second place in the group. Apart from the fact that Samsung cannot meet their opponents in the same group, they only have a one-third chance of being drawn against SKT, but they prefer to die.
"this"
"It's okay! It's a good sign!"
"How to say?"
"As long as our RNG passes SKT, will we be guaranteed to enter the finals? Which one, WE or FNC, is enough to watch? The top four can play whatever you want! In comparison, the one who really suffered is EDG! I really think Samsung is very hot. ? Only my RNG can double-kill them, let’s see if EDG can do it?”
"It makes sense that this half of EDG is really evil! It's hard to get first place in the group, and they may have to beat the LCK team for three consecutive rounds!"
"Hey, I can't get rid of the fateful curse of EDG's top eight?"
At first glance, the audience may feel sorry for RNG, but upon closer analysis, it is EDG that is really suffering!
They are only one BO5 away from the goal set by Abramovich. If they get a good draw, EDG can really break the curse of their team history and advance to the semi-finals.
The records of traditional giants will also be slightly updated to make them look better.
"Committed evil! I, Mingkai, must have committed evil in my last life! Who can't be drawn, but it's Samsung! FNC, MSF, who can't do it! It's Samsung! Hey"
Seeing Zhuang Tian puffing away on the balcony, the worried factory director also walked out.
"Stay with me."
Zhuang Tian glanced sideways at the factory director: "Did you get three stars?"
The factory director nodded and took the rations handed over by Zhuang Tian.
"Ahem, cough, cough, what is this!"
Zhuang Tian laughed so hard: "Hahaha! No, if you draw a three-star, why are you here to accompany one? RNG can beat three-star, but we can't win?"
After being comforted by Zhuang Tian, the factory director came to life, and the cigarette in his hand was thrown away as soon as it was lit.
"You're right! SKT has already won Goba, so why are you afraid of his three stars? Even five stars!"
The group stage and knockout stage of the World Championship are equivalent to two concepts, just like BO1 and BO5, which are completely different.
BO5 is the mechanism that truly tests a team's overall strength. The element of luck will be greatly reduced, and teams with poor resilience will find it difficult to gain a foothold.
A week has passed, and the first quarter-finals matchup has officially begun.
WE faced off against FNC.
Judging from the performance in the group stage, WE has a great chance of winning!
During this period of the offseason, there were a lot of analysis posts about these two teams on the Internet.
But these posts all have one thing in common. They all end with a sentence: To sum up, WE is undefeated!
Some are optimistic about WE3-1, while others say WE3-0 will seal FNC's victory.
Even 3 to 2 is rare.
It’s not surprising that such a phenomenon would occur. After all, WE started all the way from the playoffs and reached first place in the group. Both in terms of strength and condition, they are top-notch.
How can FNC win?
But the result was unexpected, WE lost!
When the battle song sounded in the fifth game, the LPL audience was already a little flustered for no reason.
A familiar feeling came over me.
"I'll beat you Wen! FNC can't even win, you're playing with snakes!"
"You were the best in the draw for the quarter-finals, but you were the first to be eliminated? Die! No love!"
"Congratulations to WE for winning yourself a plane ticket home! Oh, no! You are already at home! You didn't even win the plane ticket! Minato!"
The more radical fans have started to complain, and the more rational fans have pinned their hopes on RNG.
"Forget it, WE have tried our best. It's better to get out early, otherwise when we get to the semi-finals, RNG may be too soft-hearted to take action."
"Indeed, they are all brothers, and the palms and backs of their hands are all flesh. If the top four encounter... I don't know who I should support."
"FNC played very well, and WE accepted the defeat."
Very good, very optimistic.
However, things were somewhat different from what they imagined.
After WE was eliminated, RNG followed closely and also eliminated.
The same way, the same 3 to 2, LPL Sanying, only EDG was left in an instant!
The match scene between RNG and SKT that day was comparable to the World Championship finals!
In the eyes of many people, this is a preview of the finals!
Whether it is SKT or RNG, in their eyes they are the most powerful team in the current world championship!
These two teams met in the quarterfinals. Wasn't it just a comet hitting the earth?
Needless to say, the atmosphere of the competition was indeed full and the quality was high, but the results were not satisfactory.
There were even some interludes in the middle, which made the audience extremely angry.
In fact, in the quarterfinals, it was obvious from WE's loss to FNC that some teams had begun to undergo qualitative changes.
After experiencing the baptism of the group stage, they continued to update their understanding of the version, taking advantage of the offseason to develop new lineups and stabilize their system.
A large part of the reason why WE was eliminated was that it did not evolve as fast as others.
The same goes for RNG!
"Why not Galio?"
"Why not choose Kasumi?"
This is the question fans asked most after RNG was eliminated.
There are so many reasons why.
Either he doesn't know how to play, or his trigger position is not enough, or he thinks he has a system that can suppress him.
Judging from the entire BO5 situation, RNG considers itself to be in the third category.
However, while you are confident, others are making progress!
Starting from the headwind in the group stage, SKT began to settle down.
Especially after losing the last game against EDG, it was a heavy blow to the entire SKT team.
After returning, they learned from the experience.
They began to reflect on their previous understanding of the game and re-examine the version.
Overthrowing all previous theories, studying other teams' ideas, and combining it with the data I had, I finally understood the true meaning of the version!
"Gario smells so good!"
A BO5, playing Galio five times in a row, and every game was a carry-level performance!
Da Fei used his record to prove that he is still the world's number one mid laner!
Even RNG, which has the highest voice in the LPL division, has to be eliminated!
Originally, RNG's elimination had broken the hearts of LPL fans, but Feike's post-match interview shattered their hearts into fans!
Yu Shuang: "Feike, many people think you are different from the group stage. You have become more stable and aggressive now. What do you think?"
Da Fei: "Because our results in the group stage were not ideal, we often started at a disadvantage. So we practiced a lot in the offseason after the group stage. I feel that the overall integrity of our team has become very good. "
Yu Shuang: "So what do you think of the performance of your opponent RNG today? You guys didn't decide the winner until the end of the fifth game. It can be said that it was a very difficult victory. What do you think is the most critical point? ?”
Da Fei: "It was not easy for us to win today. RNG was very strong, and we were once in a very passive situation."
At this point, Da Fei suddenly smiled.
"Here, I have to thank EDG. They really helped us a lot."
"If we hadn't lost to them in the group stage, we wouldn't have improved so fast."
"And the factory director, we also learned some of the routines he used to catch RNG at the second level, which were very useful."
"To win RNG today, I personally think EDG should take the lead!"
Feike's interview seems to be bragging about EDG, but in fact it puts EDG at the forefront!
This guy is a thief!
A post-match interview deepened the feud between the two fans!
"Traitor! Direct expulsion from nationality!"
"Teaching others how to beat our own people, right? Now that EDG is a professional, you're starting to play Infernal Affairs? Okay, okay!"
"Well done! Are others saying SKT is stupid? There are a lot of EDG vs. RNG games online, why don't people search for them themselves? Is this considered teaching?"
"Why the hell are you saying that RNG is out and the emperor is starting to bite you? Who was it that said SKT wasn't killing people indiscriminately? Now you are starting to blame us EDG?"
"Isn't it SKT who eliminated you? Instead of trolling them, you came here to troll dad?"
"What's this called? This is called being beaten outside and then going home to scold your father for having bad genes! He didn't give birth to a baby with three heads and six arms!"
"Dian! That's so good, brother!"
"Praise your horse! Our RNG will lose, and your EDG will have some share of the blame!"
"That's right! You pigs are the ones who stabbed the villain in the back! Disgusting!"
over! It’s getting more and more outrageous!
RNG's defeat has plunged the entire LPL into a haze.
Although EDG performed very well this season and debuted as the No. 1 seed, they are not as good as RNG in the eyes of outsiders!
Especially after being overturned by SKT in the group stage, even various commentators gradually sided with RNG, believing that they are the most promising team to win the LPL this year.
With RNG gone, who can the LPL count on?
"Hahahaha. It's Chinese New Year!!"
After the game, there was a blog post on Weibo that seemed particularly dazzling!
(End of chapter)
